Employee relations
Is outsourcing immoral?
Cleaners and canteen staff are striking as they don’t enjoy the pay and conditions of fully employed colleagues. But for under-pressure HR teams, keeping things in-house isn’t always an option
Diversity and inclusion
Women working more hours since financial crisis, report finds
But experts question whether this marks progress, with female employees still working fewer hours for lower pay than men
Employment law
Disabled trader ‘discriminated against’ after firm removed his responsibilities without consultation
Tribunal finds worker’s absence owing to depression influenced decision to restructure his department
Employee relations
Workplace harassment survey to influence new statutory code of practice
Campaigners welcome the announcement, but warn the Equality Act also needs overhauling to protect interns and volunteers as well as employees
Spotlight
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Degree apprenticeships are far from ‘fake’
20 Jan 2020Higher-level schemes provide work-based routes into economically critical fields and aid social mobility, argues Dr Stan Lester
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Drafting policies in the #MeToo era
20 Jan 2020As the volume of self-regulation stemming from the increased attention on harassment and whistleblowing grows, Daniel Stander explains how employers can make sure their handbooks are meaningful
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HR needs to be braver in challenging the status quo on workplace conflict
17 Jan 2020The people profession has traditionally been afraid of departing from formal disciplinary and grievance policies but, as David Liddle argues, a more collaborative and compassionate approach is needed
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Four strategies for tackling the gender pay gap
17 Jan 2020Employers must commit to flexible working, produce narrative reports, make reward transparent and encourage salary negotiations, says Ian Dawson
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As the year – and the decade – draws to a close, That HR Podcast quizzes some of HR's brightest minds about how far we still need to go to achieve equal pay, and what the next 10 years might hold for the people profession
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Long readsThe power of corporate volunteering
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Expert report: Debunking three common HR myths
Through close working with organisations of all sectors and sizes, employee feedback platform Hive has learnt the truth behind some of the most commonly held HR myths.
In this exclusive report, Hive’s director of people science, Ryan Tahmassebi, explores three of these myths with help from HR industry voices.